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Filter by:Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is common among Veterans and results in poor psychological functioning, quality of life, and physical health. This includes having disproportionately high rates of obesity, in part due to PTSD symptoms interfering with physical activity and healthy diet. Unfortunately, Veterans with PTSD have poorer weight loss outcomes than those without PTSD in VA's existing weight management program, MOVE!. Based on pilot work, it appears that a weight management program that augments standard PTSD care and targets PTSD-related barriers to weight loss improves weight and PTSD symptoms. Whether it improves these issues more than standard VA care is in need of study, which is the focus of the proposed research. The proposed study also seeks to understand factors that would interfere with and facilitate implementing the program in VA if it is effective. This Veteran-centered, tailored weight loss program may efficiently benefit both physical and mental health of Veterans with PTSD, addressing standard care limitations.
Obesity is a well-established risk factor for the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), while the reduction of body weight was shown to reduce the risk of AF. However, little is known about the effect of different weight-reducing interventions on AF burden. The study will evaluate the effect of a complex program aimed at weight reduction on AF burden in subjects after catheter ablation for AF and at least 1st degree obesity. This will be investigated in randomized study design and compared with patients receiving standard care without specific obesity-related intervention. The weight loss program will consist of diet, lifestyle and exercise counselling and, in selected subjects, also bariatric surgery in order to achieve a sustained weight loss of >10% of initial body weight. Secondary aims include identification of patient phenotypes with the most benefits from weight reduction as well as elucidation of potential pathomechanisms linking obesity and AF, with the main focus being on low-grade inflammation. The project will help to define the optimal weight-reducing regimen in AF and to tailor the interventions to individual patient needs.
Prospective, double-arm, multi-center cohort study on obese patients, for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy versus Roux-en Y gastric bypass
This is a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study of the effects of intranasal oxytocin in youths with obesity, ages 12-18 years old. Subjects will be randomized to receive intranasal oxytocin or placebo (3 sprays per nostril, 4 times per day) for 12 weeks. Study visits include screening to determine eligibility, 2-part main study visits at baseline, week 8, and week 12, and safety check-in visits at weeks 1, and 4; phone calls at weeks 2, 6, and 10, with a safety follow-up visit 6 weeks after the last dose of study drug. Study procedures include appetite, behavioral, metabolic, and endocrine assessments.
The hypothesis of this study is to show that after laparoscopic digestive surgery in obese patients (BMI>30kg/m2), the wearing of an abdominal support belt is an effective treatment for the Incisional Hernia and feasible in terms of compliance, quality of life and patient satisfaction
The purpose of this study is to provide the first integrated examination of the interaction between muscle insulin action and exercise-stimulated muscle glucose uptake in obesity from the whole body to the cellular/molecular level.
We performed a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 28-week trial. 300 non-diabetic obese subjects or overweight subjects with co-morbidities were randomly assigned. Eligible participants were randomized 2:1 to once-daily subcutaneous injections of either liraglutide or placebo. The primary outcome is to investigate the composition of the gut microbiota from baseline to end of treatment.
This study aims to assess long term outcomes for patients who have underwent bariatric surgery. In particular, it aims to assess the quality of life of these participants.
With the improvement of living standards and changes in living habits in China, obesity has become an important issue. The latest data show that the number of obese people in China has exceeded 100 million. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), which reduces the volume of the stomach and maintains the original anatomical structure of the gastrointestinal tract, has been widely used in weight loss surgery for obese patients to improve glucose metabolism and other metabolic disease comorbidities.Anesthesiologists face specific challenges for obese patients: difficult venous and airway access and the risk of obesity-related comorbidity. Since 2015, the investigator's center has performed LSG and gradually formed a multidisciplinary collaboration procedure for the perioperative management of obese patients. This study aims to summarize the clinical characteristics, anesthesia management and outcomes to optimize the perioperative management and accelerate the recovery of these patients.
This study will evaluate whether the mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist eplerenone, when compared to chlorthalidone plus potassium chloride, can improve cardiac MRI-derived myocardial perfusion reserve and fibrosis, independent of blood pressure, and proportionately to the severity of autonomous aldosterone production.